Mothers Day and flowers go together like peanut butter and jelly... ooey gooey peanut butter and jelly that Mom spends the better part of the day cleaning up after the wee ones have manhandled half the house with sticky hands. While floral blooms are always beautiful and appreciated, sadly, they eventually droop and must go bye-bye. Why not give Mom flowers she can keep for ages, and actually use?Behold the flower pen! You can gift it in a neat little pen-holder pot, and Mom will most likely think of you every time she uses it to write yet another check on your behalf.
Supplies:
- Flowers (Cut down the stems ahead of time with some wire cutters or garden pruning shears; the flowers should be 8″ – 10″ or so)
- 3″ terra cotta flower pots
- Floral tape
- Coffee beans
- Ballpoint pens (without their caps)
- Optional: paint & paint brush for the flower pots (the pots shown here have been painted white)
Directions:
Be sure to cover up the bottom of your pot from the inside so that none of the beans escape. This is easily done with either tape or paper
Line up the pen with the flower, leaving the tip of the pen just a little lower than the flower stem. Begin taping with a strip of floral tape, starting near the tip of the pen and moving up.
Floral tape is stretchy, so stretch it a little as you are wrapping it around the pen and flower, and wrap the two tightly. Keep wrapping all the way until you get to the top of the pen – be sure to cover up the end of it with the tape.
Once you are done taping your flower pens, insert them into the pots and you are done. You can do one pen per pot, or put several pens in one pot. Both options look pretty. You might also add some leaves or other decorations.
[source: CharlottesFancy.com]
